Wheel construction



Nov. 14, 1933.

E. R. VAUGHN WHEEL CONSTRUCTION Original Filed Feb. 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l BY W ATTORNEY) Nov. 14, 1933. E. R; VAUGHN WHEEL CONSTRUCTION Original Filed Feb. 2, 1931 Sheets-Sheet 2 EfiiVau hn/ BY W K 414%, I

ATTORNES Patented Nov. 1 4, 1933 I I J I UNITED STATES PATENTIQFFICEIV:.J

Edwin E. vaughm llonesdale, Pa. Application February 2, 1931, Serial No. 512,963

. Renewed February 9, 1933 I g H 1 Claim. (o1; 152-47) v f The'invention relates to a wheel construction well known manner by means of. a nut 8 upon simulating disk wheels for use on trucks and. the axle spindle. 1; v v pleasure cars. Formedexternally uponflthehub are spaced The primary object of the invention is the opposed pairs of radially extended lugs 9, these 5 provision of a'wheel construction, wherein the pairs of lugs being located outwardly and intired rim is of the cushioned style and is supwardly in spaced. relation circumferentially of the ported from the hub by aseries-of spokes, these saidhub and between each outer and inner pair 1 being resiliently made up, so that the wheel in of said lugs is arranged the pivot terminals 10' its travel will absorb shocks and jars incident of the forked inner end of'a spoke housing 11, T thereto, and the spoke arrangement is of athree these terminals 10 being swingably connected point contact between the hub and the rim, so with the lugs 9 through the medium of cross pivthat the wheel will be sturdy to withstand exots 12 which are made fast in the lugs 9. The cessive shocks and jars to relieve the same from spoke housing 11 has a removable front plate the body of the vehicle, either truck or pleasure 13 so that access can be had to the interior of car, and in the use of the wheel, it will be prosaid housing and said plate is secured by a fastected from dirt and other matter. tener 14. g

Another object of the invention is the provi- Disposed about the hub 5 concentrically thereto sion of a wheel construction of this character, is an annular felly 15 carrying a demountable wherein the springs associated with the spokes rim 16 supporting asolid resilient or cushion tire 20 are housed so that grease can be packed therein 17 of any standard make, the rim 16 being made to assure full and proper lubrication and thus fast upon the felly through the medium of the giving longevity to the wheel," the outside and ordinary rim-lugs 18 and lug bolts 19. Carried inside of the latter being protected by cover plates at the innerv face of the felly 15 and-confronting which give appearance of a disk wheel, the wheels the outer end of the spoke housings 11 are'spaced being constructed in a novel manner to assure inner and outer pivot lugs 20 between each pair maximum resiliency, without the use of a pneu of' which is arranged a rocker head 21 in which matic tire. a is detachably threaded aspoke 22, whichis of With the foregoing and other objects in view, rod formation and is slidably extended through the invention consists in the features of cohthe spoke housing 11,'working through suitable struction, combination and arrangement of parts, openings at the inner and outer ends of. the as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed in latter, these openings being fitted with felt 'wash- I d t illustrated in the mp y g drawi s ers 23 snugly embracing the spoke 22 to retain which disclose the preferred embodiment of the lubricant when packed within the housing 11. invention, and pointed out in the claim hereunto Engaged about the spoke 22, at an intermediate appended. V point of the housing 11, isra collar 24, while In t e a c p y drawingsilocated on opposite sides of this collar, works Fi ur 1 is an elevation of the wheel s rueing against the same and surrounding said spoke tion in accordance with the invention and looking 22, are coiled outer and inner compression Springs toward the outside thereof. 25 and 26 respectively, these working against the 40 Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary Vertical respective'ends of said housing 11, and serve to sectional el v 611611901 I absorb shocks and jars incident to the travel of Figure 3 is a sectional view taken approximatethe wheel on displacement of the spoke. It will 1y on the line 33 of Figure 2, looking in the direcbe observed that by the assemblage of the spokes tion of the arrows. 22 in the wheel construction, there is a three Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 poi t ta t between the felly 15 a t e ub of Figure 3. *throughout the, location of the respective spokes. Similar reference characters indicate corre- The head 21 of each spoke 22 is connected with spending parts throughout the several views in the lugs 20 through the medium of a pivot 26' the drawings. and these lugs 20, as well as the terminals 10,

50 Referring to the drawings in detail, the wheel are provided with suitable oil passages 27 and28 construction comprises a hub 5, which in this for permitting lubrication of the pivots at these instance is of cylindrical form and is removably points. fitted upon an axle spindle 6 having between it The hub 5, at its inner end portion, carries a and said hub the usual bearing balls 7, the said brake drum 29 and suitably made fast to outer 55' hub being retained upon the spindle in the usual and inner peripheral flanges 30 on the telly 15 and inside dirt traps or channels 33 and 34 respectively, each being annular and unbroken, so

' that dirt will be caught therein from the upper half of the wheel at the outside faces of the disk or cover plates 31 and 32 and discharge from the traps or channels from the lower half of the Wheel during travel of the latter and thereby excluding such dirt and foreign matter from the interior of the wheel construction.

Mounted on the outside end portion'of the hub and also upon the brake drum 29 are outside and inside dished guards 35 and 36 respectively which overhang the traps or channels 33 and 34 with therequired clearance between said guards and. the outer faces of the cover plates 31 and 32, the hub 5 being suitably fitted with a hub cap 37.

It will be apparent that the wheel construe.- tion will be possessed of maximum resilient qualities so as to absorb shocks and jars incident to the travel thereof and to relieve the vehicle from undue strains and stresses and maintain easy riding qualities thereto.

It is, of course, to be understood that changes, variations and modifications may be made in the invention, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of its advantages as fall properly within the scope of the claim hereunto appended.

What is claimed is: a 3

A wheel construction comprising a hub, a felly about the same, tubular housings disposed radially between the hub and felly, pivot connections between the hub and. housings to space the same from said. hub, each housing having centrally perforated ends, spokes pivoted to the telly and snugly working through the perforatedends of the housings, pistons on the spokes, compression springs in the housings at opposite sides of the pistons, and packings on the ends of the housings and snugly embracing the spokes externally of said housings, said housings at their outer sides having. removable sections.

EDWIN R. VAUGHN. 

